The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-06

| at Ocklawaha, Marion county. this State.
/ The professor will Join his family there
shortly. A fund to build 1000 obserVa-
/ tory and equip it is being started. Inc pro
| fessor SAYS the Florida skies are superior W
! Northern for astronomical research.
The peopie of Mt. Dcra have declined the
offer OF the publisher of the Sorrento fTeSS
to remove his paper to that place upon Ihe
! guarantee of ST 900 in money, land ana plsl-
ness for the first year. The circulars ana
blank pledges. printed in New oIk, are
now at Mt. Dora, and await Mr., Isaacs
order. 1t is now reported that ne mas hau
his eve on Oviedo. on Lake Jesup, Tor some
| time, and that since the failure OF tine MI
Dora project, the negotiations with parties
there have been resumed. Last season MT
Isaacs' terms for the removal or ms paper
from Sorrento to Mt. Dora was Sl,5OO.
From the best information obtalnaole
from number of the oldest inhabitants Oh
Tallahassee, il il found that there are now
living in that city thirty seven whlue per
sons who were residents and heads OF iaini
lies in Tallahassee in 1910. The city mas
population of about 3. 200. and more IMAM
half that number are colored persons. De
sides these thirty-seven, number OF per
sons who were heads of families Ill lotV'
and resided on plantations, are now resi-
dents Of Tallahassee, and several VINO III
1910 were heads of families and residents OF
the city ire now living in the country.
DIR. A. B. Hawkins, of Tallahassee, last
week returned from his summer residence,
at Raleigh. N. c., the picture of health Inc
doctor is enthusiastic on the tobacco ques-
ton He says the farmers around Raleigh
began with tobacco year before last That
season 100000 pounds were marketed at
Raleigh, 100000 pounds last year, and it IS
estimated that 100000 pounds of tobacco
will be received at Raleigh the present sea-
son. The doctor also SAYS there are no al
vances made to tobacco growers, ana no
mortgages on their farms Tobacco put
them on a sound cash basis. and they are
getting rich
Frank NJ. Ironmonger, Jr., General Flor
ida Passenger Agent of the Clyde line OF
steamers. takes exceptions to the boastipg OF
$. c. Wilson, the New York broker, who
claims the distinction of being the youngest
enlisted soldier in the Confederate army.
Mr.. Ironmonger thinks that he can claim
this honor, at least until Mr.. Wilson pro
duces proof regarding his enlistment and his
age at that time. In November of 1864 Mr..
Ironmonger Joined the Sixteenth Virginia
regiment, Weisiger's brigade, which was i'll
Mahones division, A. P. Hills corps, of the
Army of Northern Virginia. He was first
assigned to duty as Brigade Quartermaster'
courier. MI. lTOHIllOHSeT WIS DoTu Ihdl vi
4, 1858, which made him II years and 8
months old at the time of enlistment.
Jasper Times: A lovely specimen of hui
mainly called Louis McRae, of jefferson
county. who was guilty of burglary was
released by an unfortunate technicality of
law during court last week. Unable to
keep his hands off anything available, he
Immediately went to work stealing clothes
from his colored brothers and sisters, and
also from whites, we learn. Asking what
was best to be done with such miscreant,
it was advised and decided by some colored
citizens that they would give him a first
class thrashlng, whereupon he was taken to
the woods and council of war" held near
enough to be overheard by the culprit Just
before decision was definitely arrived at,
McRae made break for liberty, and if he
did not breik his neck getting out of this
county, we are all sorry.